A New Jersey man and three trucking companies are charged with illegally dumping contaminated soil in two Slate Belt municipalities, Pennsylvania's attorney general announced today.

The dirt was trucked into Bangor and Wind Gap from an excavated former gas station in the Bronx, N.Y., and will cost $50,000 to clean up, Attorney General Kathleen Kane said in a news release.

Arthur Fletcher, 53, of Bayonne, N.J., signed purchase agreements with two landowners on promises he would bring in clean soil, install solar panels and run a recycled soil business, the attorney general's office said.

But he allegedly didn't make payments and brought in the contaminated soil without permission. The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection warned Fletcher he was not allowed to dump in the state without a permit, according to the attorney general's office.

The Bangor Borough Authority owns the property, according to Kane. A message seeking comment was not immediately returned.

Jandy was reported to be associated with RWA Holdings, of which Fletcher was chief operating officer. Fletcher previously pleaded guilty to abandoning hazardous waste in Passaic, N.J., in 2008, according to the 2011 report.

Authorities charged Fletcher with two counts each of illegal dumping, illegal operation of a disposal facility and illegal transportation and one count each of theft of services, deceptive business practices and criminal mischief.

Authorities also charged three transportation companies with one count each of illegal dumping and illegal transportation. They are Ikes Enterprises LLC, of Shohola, Pa.; Cuenca Coronel Trucking Inc. and J&J Brothers Trucking LLC, both of Newark.

Facing the charges with the companies are Sterling Houston, Mauro Cuenca and Jose Paz, though the attorney general's statement did not specify their positions at the respective businesses. Attempts to reach the companies tonight were unsuccessful.

RWA Holdings was not mentioned in the attorney general's statement. Efforts to reach the company to ascertain Fletcher's current status were unsuccessful.